Summary

Maverick is a Legacy aggro-disruption deck that plays efficiently-costed creatures while attempting to disrupt the opponent’s removal spells and disrupt their mana. It’s frequently compared to Death & Taxes due to the overlap in cards, but the extra color that Maverick includes makes it an entirely different entity.

Speaking of Knight, it serves multiple uses in this deck. First of all, it’s an impressive beater that outsizes much of the format, and can push through a lot of damage when paired with Mother of Runes. It also very much likes to find more copies of Wasteland, which stunt the opponent’s mana growth while growing itself.

The rest of the deck looks a lot like Death & Taxes, which aims to disrupt the opponent on as many angles as possible. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben and Aether Vial help you to disrupt your opponent’s mana and effective ramp yours, while Sanctum Prelate offers a flexible option that has the power to single-handedly win a game given the right matchup.